The reality of Kevin Systrom's Artifact is coming into focus now that you can follow writers on the platform.

This will become a direct competitor to Substack and Medium, and maybe even outlets like the NYT.

https://artifact.news/s/O5pqjzOoAFw=

/tip @Techmeme #NewArtifact #ReleaseNotes

@chrismessina

Edit: What I said below is incorrect. I double-checked and no contacts access was found. Apologies for the misinformation. (Keeping this comment as not to break the thread.)

I really wanted to use Artifact but when it required contacts access that was a dealbreaker for me. Otherwise the app looked great!

@bobstarr is it not possible to not give access? I almost never give access to my contacts.
@chrismessina let me re-download it and check. There didn't seem be, but now I'm curios.